236 - 238 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin D6WRF44
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WEB1156/26 is a planning application for permission at 236 - 238 Harold's Cross Road, Dublin D6WRF44, received by Dublin City Council on 26 Jan 2026 and first seen by Planning Register on 11 Sept 2026. The application describes: Hermitage Property Group intends to apply for planning permission at 236 - 238 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin D6W RF44. The development will consist of (i) the demolition of the existing Lyster’s Bar, (ii) the construction of a 5-storey new building comprising 40-bed student accommodation with ground floor commercial space, (iii) two external rear bin stores, (iv) external rear bicycle storage for 12 cycles, (v) internal basement cycle store for 40 cycles plus 12 foldable cycles, (vi) hard and soft external rear landscaping, (vii) fourth floor 74 square metre roof terrace, (viii) front and rear facing windows at all levels, (ix) side facing windows at ground to fourth floor of extended rear leg (x) solar panels at roof level, and all associated site works. The site is accessed via Harold's Cross Road and Mountain View Avenue. The development site is attached to buildings south and north facing Harold's Cross road, and north on Mountain View .Avenue. The council refused permission on 20 Mar 2026. The five-week observation window closed on 2 Mar 2026. An Coimisiún Pleanála decided appeal 501171 on 21 Aug 2026 (refuse). The site is zoned null under the Dublin City Council development plan. Within 500 m there are 134 other decided applications in the last five years and 27 appeals.
Proposal
Hermitage Property Group intends to apply for planning permission at 236 - 238 Harold’s Cross Road, Dublin D6W RF44. The development will consist of (i) the demolition of the existing Lyster’s Bar, (ii) the construction of a 5-storey new building comprising 40-bed student accommodation with ground floor commercial space, (iii) two external rear bin stores, (iv) external rear bicycle storage for 12 cycles, (v) internal basement cycle store for 40 cycles plus 12 foldable cycles, (vi) hard and soft external rear landscaping, (vii) fourth floor 74 square metre roof terrace, (viii) front and rear facing windows at all levels, (ix) side facing windows at ground to fourth floor of extended rear leg (x) solar panels at roof level, and all associated site works. The site is accessed via Harold's Cross Road and Mountain View Avenue. The development site is attached to buildings south and north facing Harold's Cross road, and north on Mountain View .Avenue.
- Status
- Decision Appealed
- Decision
- Refuse permission on 20 Mar 2026
- Site (from polygon)
- 754 m²
- Location precision
- site (coords_polygon)
Timeline
- 26 Jan 2026New applicationObservation window closed 2 Mar 2026
- 20 Mar 2026DecisionAppeal window closed 17 Apr 2026
- 16 Apr 2026Appeal lodged
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Zoning at the site
Zone Z4 - DEV PLAN 2022-2028
Z4: Key Urban Villages/Urban Villages: To provide for and improve mixed-services facilities.
A local centre: shops, services and apartments over them, serving the surrounding housing.
Z1: Sustainable Residential Neighbourhoods: To protect, provide and improve residential amenities.
An established residential area. The objective is to protect existing residential amenity as well as to provide housing — which is the objective a neighbour's objection to an overbearing extension is usually argued under.
Designations within 250 m
OPW flood extent nearby — flag only (licence); floodinfo.ie.
- Radon risk area · 1
- Recorded monument · 2
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51 (store id 84065). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here.
Source: npad · fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
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